A Brits encounter with CMA/connection to OMA

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Originally posted by Royal Dragon
[B]Let me ask just this,

How is a Sai, and Numchuaka used in farming?

To me they make much more sense as being martial weapons from day one, than the Farming theory anyday. [/B]

According to accepted legends, the sai were used to break up the soil before planting, or to poke holes in the ground for planting. The nunchaku were modified versions of the flail used to beat grain to remove the husks.

Personally, I think the sai would have been a terrible farming implement, and the nunchaku could possibly have been a farming flail.

Another good one is the tonfa - apparently the handle off the stone mill used to grind grain for flour.

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Right now, as far as nunchaku thought goes, is that the “original” nunchaku used as a weapon was a horse bridle - only vaguely similar to the accepted image.

The sai, as far as my research has led me, was originally a weapon used by those in the Sho’s employ.